Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest
Dorie Goldman Trail & Junkyard Dog via Robert Frost Trail
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Dorie Goldman Trail & Junkyard Dog via Robert Frost Trail is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near East Leverett, MA. It climbs 1,127 ft. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Dorie Goldman Trail & Junkyard Dog via Robert Frost Trail
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 235–855 ft
Out & Back · Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest
Trailhead: Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) · 42.44380, -72.45600
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start on Broad Hill Road (unimproved track), heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto M&M Trail (Old Route), heading S.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Robert Frost Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Down Deep, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Junkyard Dog, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Dorie Goldman Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Junkyard Dog, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Junkyard Dog, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Down Deep, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto M&M Trail (Old Route), heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Broad Hill Road (unimproved track), heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) Trailhead
- M&M Trail (Old Route) 4.5 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) 5.2 mi · ▲ 483 ft
- Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) 5.6 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) 6.8 mi · ▲ 567 ft
- Robert Frost Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Poverty Ridge Run via Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,347 ft
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